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T. J. DELANY & J. B. MORGAN. MAGNETIC WHEAT CLEANER.

No. 243,862. Patented July 5,1881.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THOMAS J. DELANY AND JOHN B. MORGAN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS TO THEMSELVES AND ADAM O. HURD, OF SAME PLACE.

MAGNETIC WHEAT-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,862, dated July 5, 1881.

Application filed April 6, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, THOMAS J. DELANY and JOHN B. lVIORGAN, of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Magnetic VVheat-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the cylinders.

The object of this invention is to furnish cleaners for separating pieces of wire and other iron or steel from wheat or other grain.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

Arepresents a spoutconnected with a thrashing-machine, mill, or other machine or place where grain is .passed through a spout. In openings in the opposite sides of the spoutA are pivoted cylinders in such positions that half, or nearly half, of the said cylinders may project into the said spout. The faces of the cylinders are formed of wide magnetic surfaces B and narrow non-magnetic surfaces 0.

To the ends of the cylinders B G are attached gcarwheels D, of a larger diameter than the said cylinders B C, so that the gearwheels D of adjacent cylinders will mesh into each other, and the adjacent cylinders will revolve in opposite directions. Motion can be given to any one of the series of cylinders from any convenient power. With this construction a zigzag channel is formed through the spout A in such a manner that the grain will be projected against the faces of the revolving cylinders B G alternately, so that any pieces of wire or thrasher-teeth,or other pieces of iron or steel that may be in the grain, will adhere to the magnetic surfaces B and be carried out of the spout A.

across and close to the lower outer parts of the faces of the cylinders B O, as shown in Fig. 1. With this construction any piece of iron or steel that may adhere to the magnetic surfaces B of the cylinderswill be pushed along the said magnetic surfaces B until they come to the non-magnetic surfaces 0, when they will drop off and fall down upon the outside of the spout A. By this construction all pieces of iron or steel that may be in the grain will be conveniently and certainly removed.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, with a grain-spout having side openings, of pivoted cylinders projecting into said spout and having magnetic as well as non-magnetic surfaces, the gear wheels D, arranged on the. ends of said cylinders, the

brackets E, having their ends below the centers of said cylinders, and the scrapers F, attached to said brackets, as shown and described.

'11. J. DELANY. JNO. B. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

E. P. FABER, H. P. CRALLE. 

